kaoliang

[kou-lee-ang]

noun

a variety of grain sorghum.

a liquor made from kaoliang stalks.

Origin of kaoliang

< Chinese (Wade-Giles) kao1liang2, (pinyin) gāoliang (gāo high + liáng millet)

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Historical Examples of kaoliang

From out of the kaoliang the boy now peered, his brown face hardly distinguishable from the soil.
Wang the Ninth
Putnam Weale

British Dictionary definitions for kaoliang

kaoliang

noun

any of various E Asian varieties of the sorghum Sorghum vulgare

Word Origin for kaoliang

from Chinese kao tall + liang grain

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